New Rochelle needs better planning

There is nothing new about these fights. They are just finally getting the attention they deserve.

Many people, like members of United Citizens for a Better New Rochelle, have helped open the eyes of New Rochelle residents. Like me, their intentions are not political. We were once the mayor's supporters, but can't sit back and watch the same old mistakes being made.

Nothing in local government should be political. All who represent this city should be looking for what is in the best interests of New Rochelle. Once someone voices a thought opposite of the current administration, they are tagged as political partisanship attacks. Far from it in this case.

As Phil Reisman stated previously ("Official is fluent in bureaucrat-ese," March 20, 2012), seen by residents and during the election, Mayor Noam Bramson often responds to questions "at length and with gravitas, but also in such a way as to say absolutely nothing."

Residents are not saying don't build, just get a better plan and other ideas for a property that, first proposed as 26 acres, is now six acres; has not been put out for new or updated Requests for Proposals/Ideas(RFP and RFI); and continues to be lobbied for and pushed on the people under the mayor's leadership. These are not political agendas, just people like me who have had enough with the games and failed development that takes place in New Rochelle on the taxpayers' dollar.

Bob McCaffrey

New Rochelle

The writer is president of the Mount Joy Place Neighborhood Association.

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New Rochelle needs better planning

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